ad apprenticed in herbal medicine and carpentry. After graduating from high school at 16, I was a rice farmer for 4 years in a primitive village in Nanping, a major tea producing region of Mount Wuyi in China. In 1982, I graduated from Xiamen University with a BS degree in oceanography and published my

any, Nanping, China. Learned traditional methods of processing and formulation of Chinese Herbs. 1975-1978. Farmer. Kengjia Village, Xiqin Commune, Nanping, Fujian, China. Engaged in traditional farming of rice, vegetables, peanut and sweet potatoes. 1999-2004. Filmmaker. Produced and directed the docu